Health Innovation East and Cogniss, a no-code ecosystem for digital health solutions, have collaborated to launch the Health Innovation East Digital Hub.
A no-code ecosystem is an online collection of tools, ways of working and learning resources that help people with no technical expertise build apps, in a point-and-click way, without the need for coding.
Cogniss’s digital health ecosystem makes it quick and affordable for entrepreneurs and health and care practitioners to build sophisticated, compliant apps for patients or customers without relying on often costly agencies. In the hands of health and care experts the ecosystem creates frontline solutions and can help commercialise digital products – in doing so Cogniss helps drive the democratisation of digital health.
Health Innovation East believes that great ideas only make a difference for our health when they are put into practice. Cogniss helps accelerate great ideas and supports innovators to remove some of the barriers to the adoption and scale of digital solutions in the NHS. Our partnership helps health and care experts in the East of England and beyond overcome obstacles associated with the cost of developing digital solutions, the demands of regulatory compliance and securing the resources required to bring digital technologies to market.
At the heart of the no-code ecosystem is an advanced no-code app editor with 80+ features that can be combined, like building blocks to create apps. There is also an ‘innovation sandbox’ – a space where users can create, test and experiment with ideas prior to launch – that is open to all to help refine their health solutions. The sandbox is also accompanied by an ‘innovators forum’, where users can connect with fellow solutionists, and an e-learning platform supporting knowledge sharing for no-code. The ecosystem also offers access to a unique feature that automates many of the requirements of regulatory compliance for frameworks such as DTAC (how the NHS assesses digital technologies).
Launching the Health Innovation East Digital Hub
Together the development, sandbox, forum, knowledge sharing and compliance functions combine to create the Health Innovation East Digital Hub – a first point of call for healthcare entrepreneurs and SME’s to be able to create and commercialise digital health solutions into the NHS.
Our aim is to cultivate a community of digital health innovators, whether SME’s or clinical entrepreneurs, and provide them with comprehensive support to tackle the most pressing health challenges and to deliver solutions to the people and places where they are needed most.
Joanna Dempsey – principal advisor, Health Innovation East
As the digital hub progresses, access will be available via a digital health innovation programme. The programme will run two cohorts in 2024, each supporting up to 20 participants to produce a minimum viable product for their intended digital solution. Potential applications can find out more about upcoming programmes by contacting joanna.dempsey@healthinnovationeast.co.uk
On the goals of the Digital Hub
This is a first-of-type partnership to accelerate innovations into and within the NHS, removing the barriers to and supporting health and care innovators to create the next generation of technology at a fraction of the cost and in a matter of weeks rather than years. The aim is to create a sustainable and supportive digital health ecosystem the leverages the frontline experience of clinicians and health care entrepreneurs.
Dr Lloyd Humphries – managing director, Cogniss
We are delighted to have worked with Cogniss to support the further development of their platform in the UK, which will enable SMEs and partners in health and care to develop their digital innovations at a much-reduced time and cost than would previously have been required. This collaboration is an excellent example of our goal of ensuring that that great ideas make a difference to our health when they are put into practice. We look forward to working further with Cogniss over the coming months.
Piers Ricketts, chief executive, Health Innovation East
About Cogniss
Cogniss is a no-code ecosystem that enables healthcare experts and organisations to create advanced patient-facing digital health apps, without any need for coding. It’s unique point-and-click interface empowers healthcare innovators to build highly customised apps, at a fraction of the time and cost required by traditional code-based development. Find out more here
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